Maurice aisen



Jan. 14, 1930. M. AISEN TOILET AND COSMETIC PREPARATION Filed May 21,1926 INVENTOR Maau'ceAwe/w BY (zad 5i ATTORNEY as in the case of powdersand rouges Patented Jan. 14, 1930 summon mean, on NEW xonx, N. Y.

TOILET AND COSMETIC PREPARATION Application filed May 21,

This invention relates to toilet and cosmetic preparations and processesfor making the same.

v Toilet articles such as powders, rouges, 5 perfumes, and the like,have heretofore been sold in metal, glass, or cardboard containers, orlike receptacles, comparatively bulky in handling and expensive. Thepreparations themselves have been appligd 3 means such as powder puffsor pieces of chamois, which through repeated handling become uiteunsanitary in use and objectionable in many other respects.

Oneobject of this invention is to vide a toilet or beauty preparation ofthe character described in the form that will make same available atexceedingly reduced cost, be sanitary in use, and in a handy and 2 neatpackage which may embrace in one unit several kinds of toiletpreparations ready for use when desired,

Other objects of the invention will be partly obvious and partlyhereinafter pointed out.

I accomplish these and other objects in a general way by providing atoilet preparation in the form of a thin sheet which may be readilybound into a book or booklet form or made up into a neat roll.

In carrying out my invention, I take a thin sheet of material such aspaper or cardboard, for example, and impregnate or coat it with thedesired toilet preparation made u in the form of a solution or pasteadapted to adhere to the surface of the sheet after the latter has beendried, the degree of adherence being such that the toilet prep; arationwill readily be separated from the surface upon the usual frictionapplied in rubbing a cosmetic on the face or other parts of the user. Tothis end I employ in connection with the usual ingredients required byany standard formula for a particular preparation, as for example,toilet powder, an adherent which also serves as a binder, such forexample as a solution of gum quince. The latter enables the mixture tobe readily applied to the sheet and to adhere thereto in such mannerthat while the pro- 1926. Serial No. 110,815.

preparation will not separate itself from the sheet upon ordinaryshaking or handling, it will do so upon the application of the usualamount of friction or rubbing such for example as employed intransferring a powder or rouge from a powder puff, or piece of chamoisto the face. A dominant feature of the invention resides in the use ofadherent substances rather than adhesive ones, as for example adherentgums, as in contradistinction to adhesive gums. he latter will cause themixture to become so bound to or incorporated in the sheet as to make itdiflicult to separate the material from the surface when the sheet is inuse.

The gums I have found to give the best results for this purpose arethose whose solutions will not pass through a filter paper in contrastwith those whose solutions do pass a filter paper. The former are of thekind referred to herein as adherent substances, while the latter arethose referred to as adhesive. Where a gum is used which by itsconstitution is both adherent and adhesive, it is preferably firsttreated so as to remove the adhesive properties by well known chemicalmeans, such for example as the introduction of fatty substancesthereinto.

In addition to the adherent substances, I preferably employ a softenersuch as glycerine, such substance being preferably used as will make thesheet or paper quite soft and flexible so as to give the smooth and softeffect of the soft powder puff or chamois. This softener also adds tothe smoothness of the mixture, thus enabling the preparation to beapplied more evenly in use.

Where the composition of a given toilet preparation has a solid as itsbase or principal ingredient, the mixture of the ingredients togetherwith the adherent and softener is made up into the form of a soft andsmooth paste and then applied to the sheet by hand or coating machines.The invention may, however, be applied to the provision of such toiletpreparations as require a fatty or liquid substance for their principalingredient. In the latter case the fatty or liquid ingredient is m xedwith an inert powder as a carrier and the adherentimaterial. -Thus,

for example, a perfume may be provided in this sheet form by mixing theessential oil with a solid carrier in powder form and making a pastymass with the adherent; or the invention may be carried out by dippingthe paper or cardboard into'hot fatty solutions such as Vaseline orcocoa butter so they become impregnated therewith. The impregnated paperor cardboard will then retain on its surface the essential oil or othersolution employed for the particular toilet reparation, and all that isnecessary is to dip such impregnated paper into such solution.

Still another method which I have found to produce good results is todip the paper or cardboard into a warm saturated solution of someneutral harmless compound and then allow the paper or cardboard to cool.Crystals thenform, upon the surface thereof to which the toiletpreparation will adhere when the paper or cardboard is dipped thereinto.

Examples of the application of this invention to the productionofparticular toilet preparations will now be given. Thus, a

toilet power in sheet form may be prepared 1 as follows: The ingredientsrequired by any well known formula for toilet powder may be mixed withthe desired scent or perfume, ground very finely by hand in a mortar ormechanical grinder and then sifted. Slowly a colloidal solution of gumquince is added until the required consistency resembling that of creamis obtained. 1 To this creamy mass glycerine is added as a softener indesired quantity. The creamy solution is'then applied by hand with abrush to the paper or by mechanical coating machines, and the treatedpaper dried over heated cylinders.

In making a perfume paper, the desired essential oils are poured over acarrier rovided by a mixture of one part talc, onealf part zinc oxide,one-half part of magnesium carbonate and 5% glycerine or any othersuitable softening material. The mass, after thorough mixing, is groundby hand or mechanically and a colloidal solution of gum quince addeduntil a smooth paste isformed I ration consisting in ma which is thenapplied to the paper by hand or mechanical coating machines.

The application of this invention to other toilet preparations will beclear to anyone skilled in the art.

r The impregnated or coated paper may be cut up into-s eetsof desiredsize and bound in booklet, form. The booklet may either contain sheetsof one kind, say for example, toilet powder,,or of several kinds-such astoilet powder, perfume, rouge andthe like,

so as to providein a neat-and handy package a variety of availablecosmetics.

In the drawing, I have shown several forms 'of'packages as illustrativeof articles 15 so that they may be easi Ytion t ereon bound togethel'ylaa booklet 10 having a plurality of sheets 11 pre ared in accordance with'this invention and bound together by a binding 12 and cover 13. Thesesheets may be scored as at y detached from the book. If desired a lipstick 16 or eyebrow pencil 17 or the like article, may be carried on thecover of thebook in a holder 18. In the form shown in Fig. 1, two suchadditional articles are shown. For the purpose of decreasing the bulk,they may be positioned one on the inside of one cover near the lowerortion thereof, and the other on the inside of the other cover near theupper portion thereof so that when the book is closed one issuperimposed above the other ip as t;) occupy a minimum of space. (SeeIn Fig. 4.1 have shown a form'in which the pencils 19 are secured to thecover above the sheets.

It will thus be seen that there is provided an article of manufacture inwhich the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which iswell adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be changes might be made in theembodiments aboveset forth, it is to be understood that all matterherein set forth and illustrated in the accompanying drawings is to beinterpreted as illustrative and not in a limitmg sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters, Patent 1 1. The-method of making a toilet preparationconsisting in mixing the usual ingredients with gum quince and applyingthe mixture to a thin flexible surface.

2. The method of making a toilet preparation consisting in mixing-theusual ingredients Y with an adherent substance and glycerine,andapplying the"mixture' to a thin surface. 1

3. The method 'of pre a'ringa toilet prepa- :up a mixture of theingredients required'forthe preparation, dppinjg a. thin sheet into a 0solution {capable crystals to form on the surface, and then a plyingsaid first mentioned mixture; to t e surface to hold the means of such;q H

'4. In combination, a 'pluralit a coatin'g'of adherenttoi et-"prepara.-

for anda cosmetic 'h'olde j-;; cover. v 5. The method :of preparing insheet. form in and;

preparation. thereto by grinding the-i edients of a toilet powder,adding a colloi a1 solution of a gum adherent thereto until aconsistency resembling cream is obtained, adding a softening substanceto the creamy mass, applying a coating of the resulting substance tothin paper, and dr ing the treated paper.

6. T e method of preparing toilet powder in sheet form consisting ingrinding a mixture of the ingredients of a toilet tpowder, adding acolloidal solution of an adherent 1 thereto, adding a softener to theresulting mass, and applying a' thin coating of the resulting substanceto thin paper. 7. The methodof preparing toilet powder in sheet formconsisting in mixing the ingredients of a toilet powder with perfume,grinding the mixture very finely, slowly adding a colloidal solution ofan adherent gum to the ground mixture until a consistency resemblingthat of cream is obtained, adding glycerine to said cream mass, applyinga thincoating of the resu tin substance to a thin sheet of paper and endrying the treated paper by eat. r

8. As an article of manufacture, a book having one or more sheets, eachsheet havin a coating of toilet preparation thereon, said preparationincluding gum uince. 3o 9. As an article of manu acture, a book havinone or moresheets, each sheet having a coating of toilet reparationthereon, said preparation inclu ing adherent substance and g1 cerine.10. s an article of manufacture, a book I having one or more sheets,each sheet havin a coating of toilet preparation thereon, saipreparation including a gum adherent and a softening substance. p r

11. As an article of manufacture, a book having one or more sheets, eachsheet having a coating of toilet preparation thereon, sai preparationincluding, perfume, adherent gum and glycerine. In testimony whereof Iaffix my s1 nature.

' MAURICE A EN.

